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Maps Transform into Long-Range Sensors for Cars

In My Day

When I was young, maps were printed on paper, either bound into atlases or large sheets that were a puzzle to refold. We plotted routes to get from where we were to where we wanted to be. In-car electronics were largely limited to the AM/FM radio and maybe a tape player.

Maps in the car now are a mass of bits and bytes. Increasingly, the car itself is reading that data directly to make control decisions without any direct input from us mere humans.

The Decline of Paper Maps

The transition from paper maps to in-vehicle digital navigation got rolling in the mid-1990s. Early atte


Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014

Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014?

Ford Mustang is one of the most popular cars ever built, and now it has the distinct honor of being one of the most common passwords on the Internet, a recent study reveals.


It's been five years since I drove an Acura with a manual gearbox and sadly I'll probably never get to drive a new one again

It's been five years since I drove an Acura with a manual gearbox and sadly I'll probably never get to drive a new one again?

2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT – Click above for high-res image gallery


As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will be no more manual transmissions from Honda's premium brand

As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will be no more manual transmissions from Honda's premium brand?

With the 2016 model year, for the first time in its 30-year history, Acura won’t offer a single manual gearbox. Here’s why.


Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014?

Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014?

‘Mustang’ More Popular Than ‘Superman,’ ‘Batman’ According to Research by SplashData | Ford Media Center
Ford Mustang is one of the most popular cars ever built, and now it has the distinct honor of being one of the most common passwords on the Internet, a recent study reveals.

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It's been five years since I drove an Acura with a manual gearbox and sadly I'll…

It's been five years since I drove an Acura with a manual gearbox and sadly I'll probably never get to drive a new one again?

Review: 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT is a mouthful, not a handful
2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT – Click above for high-res image gallery

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As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will… 30

As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will be no more manual transmissions from Honda's premium brand?

Why there are no more stick-shift Acuras
With the 2016 model year, for the first time in its 30-year history, Acura won’t offer a single manual gearbox. Here’s why.

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For this week's

For this week's #throwbackthursdays  ?, I look back to 2007 when I joined a small group of journalists and engineers from General Motors on a 300 mile drive across New York state in a pair of fuel cell concept vehicles

Among the participants were my future colleagues John McCormick and Scott Anderson as well GM's then R&D chief Larry Burns and and advanced concepts director Chris Boronni-Bird. Last week at #Naias2015? , +TOYOTA , +Honda  and +Hyundai Worldwide all showed their latest fuel cell vehicles with drive systems designed for mass production. GM was not showing any fuel cell technology at the show, but spokesman Tom Read confirmed that more than 200 fuel engineers are now working out of GM's powertrain engineering center in Pontiac, MI to bring their system to market by the end of this decade.?


For this week's #throwbackthursdays  ?, I look back to 2007 when I joined… 2

For this week's #throwbackthursdays  ?, I look back to 2007 when I joined a small group of journalists and engineers from General Motors on a 300 mile drive across New York state in a pair of fuel cell concept vehicles

Among the participants were my future colleagues John McCormick and Scott Anderson as well GM's then R&D chief Larry Burns and and advanced concepts director Chris Boronni-Bird. Last week at #Naias2015? , +TOYOTA , +Honda  and +Hyundai Worldwide all showed their latest fuel cell vehicles with drive systems designed for mass production. GM was not showing any fuel cell technology at the show, but spokesman Tom Read confirmed that more than 200 fuel engineers are now working out of GM's powertrain engineering center in Pontiac, MI to bring their system to market by the end of this decade.?

Two Chevy Sequels go over 300 miles on real roads with hydrogen to spare

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